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Workshop offers tips on how to get funding to train as a journalist
Journalism hopefuls will hear from NCTJ chief executive as students also share their experiences
Editors debate changes to journalism training
Views sought as NCTJ aims for more practical training to ensure trainees can hit the ground running
Oxdown could be casualty in NCTJ's modernisation plans
Infamous fictional town set to be wiped off the map as training body explores new methods of testing
New staff appointed to lead NCTJ exam changes
John Dilley and Lyn Jones will help “fine tune” the assessment process
'Failed' trainees get NCE as paper is re-marked
There were celebrations, relief and astonishment for a group of trainee reporters this week after they were told they had passed the NCE – two months after being told they had failed the journalism exam. Fifteen regional press reporters have
Chronicle editor to chair newspaper journalism board
David Gledhill has been appointed as the new chair of the NCTJ’s newspaper journalism board. Editor of the Bath Chronicle for the past ten years, he succeeds Mike Woods who retired recently from the NCTJ and chaired the board for
Long-serving journalism trainers stand down
Three long-serving directors of the National Council for the Training of Journalists have retired from their roles. They stood down at the organisation’s annual general meeting, and were thanked by the chairman, Kim Fletcher, for setting it in “very firm
Prof test rules about to change
Page 2 of 2 Neil Webber, editorial training manager for the Kent Messenger Group, is not convinced that the open book move is a good idea, but said that the vast majority of the group’s trainees studied NVQs rather than
Journalism training body set to adapt for future
A series of initiatives is being put together to strengthen the position of the well-established National Council for the Training of Journalists. The changes are being made as regular customers of the popular journalism training organisation begin to question its
New chief executive appointed at NCTJ
Joanne Butcher is to become the new chief executive of the National Council for the Training of Journalists. She succeeds Sally Mellis, who has been forced to relinquish the position on health grounds. Joanne, (38), is currently chief executive of
Former NCTJ chief Keith Hall dies after cancer battle
Keith Hall, the former director of the NCTJ and former editor of the Burnley Express, has died after a battle with cancer. Keith, who was 70, had also worked on the Lancashire Evening Post and was a long time member
Media law expert Greenwood steps down from NCTJ role
Mark Hanna takes over as chair of law examinations board